East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2021

Welcome to the 16^th Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, presented by the Knoxville Museum of Art.  The ETRSAE showcases the strength and diversity of art education programs in East Tennessee, celebrates talented middle and high school students, and supports arts education.  This annual exhibition provides the opportunity for students to participate in a juried exhibition and to have their artworks displayed in a professional art museum environment.

Public, private, and home schools grades 6–12 in 32 East Tennessee counties were invited to submit up to 15 artworks per teacher. Categories for the competition include ceramic, drawing, digital imagery/video production, mixed media, painting, computer graphics, sculpture, photography, and printmaking. Each participating school is represented by one work of art.

The Best-in-Show winner receives a Purchase Award of $500, and the artwork becomes a permanent part of the collection of Mr. James Dodson, on loan to the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Education Collection.  The Best-in-Middle School winner receives $250.  The teachers of the winning student will receive $100.  Each student in the exhibition receives a certificate of participation and the “Best” in each of the 10 categories the winners receive a museum family membership.

IMAGE HEADER: Best in Show, Lily Asbury, 11th Grade, The Days We’ll Look Back On and Smile, acrylic paint, Cocke County High School, Myra Amason, Art Teacher
The 16th Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition is presented by the Knoxville Museum of Art.